Jake is the founder, Chariman and CEO of Praetorian Global. In 2015, Jake capitalized on his unique experience of building luxury brands by founding Praetorian Global and creating both the Binske cannabis brand and the Alchemist nutraceutical brand. To differentiate his companies from the rest of the marketplace, he systematically developed a portfolio of brands positioned to build long term value through brand sophistication, product quality and product consistency.

Before founding Praetorian Global, Jake specialized as a brand strategist, with a focus on brand growth through licensing of intellectual property and the commercialization of branded luxury products. Jake is the creative mind behind the brands, pulling the strings and guiding the company into the brave new world of increased consumer expectations and choice in the rapidly evolving cannabis and CBD marketplaces.

Jake spearheads all product development and successfully built out a complex portfolio of intellectual property with products focused on differentiation and consumer experience. Jake currently serves on the board of directors for three different cannabis or CBD related companies, Praetorian Global, Eel River Organics and Greenway Herbal Products. Jake holds a BA from the University of Vermont.

Kyle Trent joins Robert Roundtree on another amazing episode of The Marijuana Solution. He runs the daily operations of the best cannabis art brand in the game, Nugtopia. Nugtopia is a brand built around the incredible strain artwork of Kyle’s brother, Kole Trent. Kole was previously a guest on The Marijuana Solution. Below is a personal bio from Kyle to all of you.

Hello cannabis community. My name is Kyle Trent and I am the brother of Nugtopia creator Kole Trent. I grew was born in Baltimore Maryland but grew up predominantly in Merritt Island Florida. I run daily operations for Nugtopia as well as his growing number of Trent Art Gallery’s. While trying to pursue my passion for helping people, Kole pulled me out of Nursing school when I was 22 to pursue our dream of just that. Our goal initially was to help our mother and just from that spark we are now able to help people all over the globe with our spread of cannabis awareness. Thank you all for the love and support!

Florida’s Director of Cannabis, Holly Bell, was appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture Nikki Fried to head the new department for the Department of Ag. Director Bell joins Robert Roundtree to discuss her new position and the responsibilities that she will have in creating rules for the Florida hemp program and working with the Office of Medical Marijuana Use to create edibles rules for the state.

Gainesville Green is a strain that Floridians have long sought out, and it became such a popular cut that the name became synonymous with great cannabis. This is one of those strains that have a lot of myths and legends surrounding it. Rick Naya joins Robert Roundtree to set the record straight as to the real history and legacy of Gainesville Green.

Dr. Jeffrey Sharkey is the founder of the Medical Marijuana Business Association of Florida. Dr. Sharkey joins Robert Roundtree on The Marijuana Solution to discuss what this years legislative policy conference will provide for the attendees. The MMBAFL is the leading business organization for the medical marijuana industry of the Sunshine State.

This years conference is being held at the Florida State University campus and features the top industry executives and policy makers. The conference has educational sessions going on all day March 12, 2019.

Florida Politics published an article that set the Florida cannabis industry on fire. Specifically the unlicensed and unregulated Hemp CBD industry. The article was titled Nikki Fried may soon target stores selling CBD oil. This sent the advocates into a frenzy online with many calling for investigations and the states most prominent lawyer, Michael Minardi, announcing plans for a lawsuit on behalf of the CBD industry. We first broke the news of her intent to send out cease and desist letters on January 7th in this episode.

Commissioner Fried is one of the most popular and frequent guests on The Marijuana Solution, and she has joined us again to discuss exactly what her office intends to do. Everyone that’s following the industry knows about the rampant fraud that’s in the unregulated CBD market. Everyone from patients purchasing products, retailers wholesale buying packaged brands, white labelers buying raw materials have been ripped off. The state of Florida has been testing products on shelves for quite some time and many of the products make false claims to the amount of cbd, some products contain way over the legal limit of thc, and some products actually contain other substances that are not disclosed like Kratom, Bath Salts, Melatonin.

These types of reports have been covered by local state media, and even ConsumerReports.comAlthough there are many great players and thousands of Floridians getting relief, there are an unusual amount of bad actors and patients getting ripped off because of a lack of regulations. Florida is in the process of passing hemp legislation and once a bill is signed into law there will be a legal pathway for everyone from small farms to big ag to get a license and be involved. Commissioner Fried is not planning on shutting the industry down, she understands that there are many Floridians getting relief from hemp CBD. Her intent is to provide a legal way for companies to do business at all facets of the industry and provide the regulations necessary to ensure product safety and accuracy of claims.

Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith just filed a bill to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. You can read the full text of the filing of this bill. We cover a wide range of topics in the medical marijuana program and some of Representative Smith’s other agenda items this legislative session.

Rick Naya is a legendary cannabis breeder, activist, humanitarian and all around great guy. He has been involved in the push for legalization for nearly four decades and has a wealth of experience and knowledge. This podcast is over an hour long and we find out about the struggles he has overcome. We also learn how he is helping his current state of New Hampshire, and his birthplace of Florida to overcome the stigmas and finally free the plant. Rick Naya is a big supporter of the legalization movement in Florida, Regulate Florida, and groups that are working to help such as Sunshine Cannabis and Trulieve. Enjoy the show.

This is a long overdue podcast that was recorded a couple of weeks ago. Wendy Love Edge and Topher Kogen have been fighting on the frontlines of the drugwar in Arkansas, and recently invited me onto their show to discuss the Florida medical marijuana program. On this episode I invite them on to discuss what their role has been in the legalization push, and how things are going in Arkansas. This is an amazing episode that’s an hour in length and covers a wide range of topics. Wendy Love Edge is an accomplished author, educator, philanthropist, activist and advocate that is working day and night to raise awareness to the miracle we know as the Cannabis plant.

WENDY LOVE EDGE is local author, artist, talk show host and cannabis activist. She is from Boston originally, and has recently made NWA her home again after several years. Ms. Love Edge is magna cum laude graduate of Boston University in 1987, with a BS in Occupational therapy. Ms. Love Edge is most known for being the founder of Bulldozer Health Inc., a 501c3 nonprofit organization and health care reform initiative. You can learn more about it at www.bulldozerhealth.org.

In 2017, Ms. Love Edge authored the book, “Sixteen: My Journey into Wellness”. She then authored and illustrated two more books for children. The first is “Helpful Hannah Creates Her Own Health and Happiness” and the second is “Helpful Hannah Educates Herself About Cannabis”. These books are meant to educate and inspire individuals to health empowerment and improved health and wellness. The cannabis education book was written to teach children the truth about the cannabis family of plants, and reduce the stigma attached to it.

As an artist, Ms. Love Edge spent her formative years immersed in art, music and dance. She dabbled in acrylics, water color and pastels, coming from a family of creatives. She was able to utilize her talents and knowledge when she worked for 25 years as an occupational therapist, utilizing the art and science of therapy to treat patients. She began to work with painting again in recent years, for not only it’s therapeutic value, but to send the messages of health, wellness, ending cannabis prohibition, promoting cannabis as medicine, and encouraging personal spirituality. It has truly been a journey of art and healing that has created her most recent works.

Ms. Love Edge was recently selected to be an artist member of The Cannabis Art Guild, presently one of 8 artists worldwide. Her work will be with hemp materials for the guild, where “the medium is the message”. This exhibit will tour worldwide at cannabis events and exhibits starting in 2019. Please check out the guild at www.cannabisartguild.org.